The Meeker herald., 1887-02-26
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4 ssurrisaa- Tisys 10avsr. Z.
a gale Of Wind swcp, over tho raisl
aud mountains on the i7ih. and wAs tas
mos, severe ever before chUniclesl.
Trains Of ears were lifted from the rail-
road tracks ~ IL they were male ri
paper. Many passengers wcrc I'M red
some fatally.
III. Lcaiyill- Express train ovt SlsS
south Par. railroad was blown {: Ja :
bf.i.. while crossing y gulch nc.S y two
miles south of i.;;lcion Sta,ionss Atoue
n dozen passengers w.rc aboard a'si ~
u them were more ar lcsst.Os trsa.
They were: William Duncan o! Zinc
Grove. rib broken and injurr/ In tGck ;
MTs. Lizzie Duncan. scalp J'nnds aud
injured breast: J. l.. Ol1s. Denver,
face cut; II. II. Tnitic. Denver. I'm
broken. right ear severed fom tho hEad
and cash across the fofhead; M4sy
Allen. Denver. head hutS; y, F.Gsvfc'
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Alice ki-ti. Como. hlsni cut Il. ~.
Wilson. Alma. severe lniuri.s " r.Se
head and strained back: Mrs. Mps, l..
Jones. Como, injured internally and
spfain,d IN III. tighi side and bel the
chest: David Fulton. Como. injuti in-
,crualiy: j. ". Evans. Alma. conhsi"n
ol hip aud back: u. ". Morrison Dch-
yer. back bruised aud hand spr rAned (:
{. \. s.,r;t. brakeman. back spt,ncd
uud hand bruised. Before tn. pt'cn.
gers were rescued u IRE siartst. but
was checked. Afterwards one u tic
coaches again caught tire and wa1e,J.
sum-l.
At Colorado Springs the wind WAS
blowing nj fearful rate. Tie bad
VILE aud silvcrton Express train. oon-
sis;in. Of nine coaches. coming trom
Pueblo. could make no rate OF sf-d.
II arrived nj the Springs over Nh onr
late. and after leaving there they pro
cceJri cautiously towards D.tycr.
They hal gone bu, two miles khcn
the engine, three express and 4 pas
singer car were blown from the t.,rs.
\ lire started immediately and ote Of
the express cars with its contents en-
tircly consumed. Express Messenger
folc, and Cinlmars were slightly in
jurut.. aud Engineer Jake Brown re-
ceiycd quite severe bruise on One of
his legs. 1t becoming enlanglcd In the
machinery of the engine as II was going
over.
About two miles north Of this wreck
was freight train of iif,y ears on the
Pike View siding. waiting for the pas
sengcr train to pass. The wind there
was blowing terribly. and one Of the
cars was suddenly lifted little by the
wind. aud in short spaceof tins N ~
ty.iive cars. including the calpoosc. we're
laid on their side on the main track.
Conductor Graham. who was on top OF
one of the ears. had his hip slightly in
jured.
At Como the Leadville Express train
was crossing small bridge, aud n gust
of wind lifted two of the coaches from
the track and hurled them down an EN-
bankmcnt. Quite number Of people
were injured. among them being: COM
duc;or Mcphcrson. left leg cut and
bruised; Frank G. Ewing, Denver. in.
ternal injuries in left side; G. BRYANT.
Denver. shoulder and face bruised. and
injured in left side; T.. l.. Parnell,
Leadville, sprained ankle; 4. McDon-
aid. Kokomo. cut in back of his head.
The Utah and Nevada passenger train,
when passing kessler's Canon, Ulah,
was blown over. Conductor Brown was
instantly killed and several passengers
were severely injured. After the ears
were overturned a fire started, but the
brakeman aud an uninjurcd passenger
put 1t out with water from the tender,
otherwise the loss of life would have
been great. Following Is u list Of tho
unfortrnates Adam Brown, Instantly
killed: William Opcnshaw, slightly in-
jured: DIR. J. NJ. Benedict, Salt Lake,
gasli over right eye; DR.. Emma Id.